Sarah Verardo, Chief executive officer of The Independence Fund/USA Today As a caregiver of a catastrophically disabled veteran, I'm in a lifelong battle to support my husband. Too often, the VA forces me into battle alone. Eight years ago, my husband stepped on an imp ...বিস্তারিত
Hannah Giorgis, Staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture/The Atlantic The outspoken British actor recently wrote that airbrushing should be illegal. But there are far more compelling ways to consider the tyranny of gendered beauty standards. Earlier this ...বিস্তারিত
Andrew Leonard,20-year veteran of online journalism, formerly a lifer at Salon, now untethered/Medium The same utopian promises that bloomed during the Internet’s early days are back. Be afraid. I remember the day I fell in love with the Internet as well as I remembe ...বিস্তারিত
Michael Tanner/New York Post Why are people poor? Conservatives suggest much deprivation is the result of flawed behavior by the poor. They point to a strong correlation between poverty and a failure to follow the so-called “success sequence”: Finish school, get a jo ...বিস্তারিত
AFP : A new exodus of boats carrying Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar has begun, with at least six boats carrying hundreds of refugees intercepted at sea or washing ashore over the past month. The recent flurry of voyages making the treacherous crossing of the Andaman sea to s ...বিস্তারিত
Anadolu Agency : Over 9,000 migrants from mostly Central American countries have arrived in the Mexican border city of Tijuana in hopes of getting into the U.S. One of the migrants waiting for America to open its doors is 39-year-old Maria Lila Meza Castro from Honduras. C ...বিস্তারিত
Natalie Nougayrède, Guardian columnist/The Guardian,UK Extreme forces are rejoicing over the president’s predicament. Their ultimate goal is a political takeover of the continent For Europe’s sake, Emmanuel Macron needs help – not our scorn or hatred. A young, r ...বিস্তারিত
Tim Gaynor/UNHCR UNHCR has more than 11,500 staff, most based in the field. Meet ethics officer Keiko Odashiro, who protects refugees from sexual exploitation and abuse. Name: Keiko Odashiro from Kobe, Japan Job title: Ethics officer focusing on protection from sexual ...বিস্তারিত
Daoud Kuttab, a former Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University/Project Syndicate The brutal murder of the US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul is far from an anomaly. Seventy-three journalists have been killed ...বিস্তারিত
Jonathan Shippey, LMFT, Certified Gottman Therapist/Thrive Global A therapist weighs in on exactly what to say — and when to cut bait. Strong relationships are at the core of a happy life, but sometimes, dealing with the people in our lives is tricky. That’s why Th ...বিস্তারিত